Cast-off for garment-supporters



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. G. E. ADAMS.

CAST OFF FOR GARMENT SUPPORTERS.

No. 563,540. Patented July 7, 1896.

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fl MM mm [kw/m ga UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. ADAMS, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

CAST-OFF FOR GARMENT-SUPPORTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 563,540, dated July 7,1896.

Application filed October 16, 1894. Serial No. 526,051. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. ADAMS, of New Britain, in the county ofHartford, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cast-Oifs for Garment-Supporters; and I do herebydeclare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of this invention is toimprove and simplify the constructionof the cast-off illustrated in my prior patent, No. 487,689, datedDecember 6, 1892, whereby the cost of the same is reduced and theefficiency of the device increased.

The invention consists in certain novel details of construction andcombinations and arrangements of parts, all as will be now described,and pointed out particularly in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation ofa cast-off and buckle embodying my present invention. Fig.2 is a similarview with the retaining and hook-supportin g plate raised. tical sectionthrough the device, made on an enlarged scale.

Like letters of reference in the several figures indicate the sameparts.

For convenience .I have illustrated the present invention in connectionwith a wellknown form of buckle now on the market and consisting,essentially, of a tubularbodyportion A, through which the webbing may bepassed, and a locking-leverB for holding the buckle in adjusted positionon the web. The lower portion of this locking-lever in carrying thisinvention into practice is bent up in the form of a hook O, which, aswill be seen in Fig. 2, has the lower portion curved downwardly at eachside to form a round bearing on the inside of the hook, over which acooperating member, such as the metallic loop D, may work freely. Thishook C preferably lies with its transverse Vertical center immediatelyunder the body portion,to secure which end the metal constituting theback of the hook is set out toward the rear, as shown at E,Fig. 3. Thusthe pull is in a vertical plane Fig. 3 is a verand there is lesstendency to bend the shank of the hook.

The extreme point or end of the hook is turned outwardly and coiled intoa catch proj ection, (lettered F,) which is adapted, in connection witha pivoted depending plate, to support the said point or extreme end ofthe hook and in effect give the device the strength of a sliding loop ofmetal, thereby enabling me to make the device of relatively thin lightmetal without in any way decreasing its strength. I

In the preferred construction,as shown,the overlying or supporting plateII is provided with a pivotal wing or elongation h at the top,

which passes through a slot in the body of the hook and around a pintleI, formed in said body portion by striking out a tongue and curving itaround on the rear side of the body, all as will be clearly understoodby reference to Fig. 3.

The contour of the covering and-supporting plate conforms generally tothe lines of the hook, and, besides being artistically ornamented, it isprovided at the proper point with an aperture H, into which the catchprojection F is adapted to enter, there being sufficient elasticity inthe hook to give the two parts a snap-catch action, which retains themin engagement, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3.

The lower end of the covering and supporting plates, which, it will beobserved, does not follow the hook around, constitutes a finger-piece,by which it may be released from the hook, as shown in Fig. 2, when itis desired to disengage the cooperating member of the supporter.

In operation the cooperatin g member is quickly and easily released bythrowingup the covering and supporting plate and disengaging the hook,and it may be as quickly reengaged and the devices returned to theirnormal position. \Vhen in such normal or locked position, there isabsolutely no danger of the cooperating member becoming disengaged, noris there any danger of the hook ico The device presents an extremelyneatand ornamental appearance. There are no projecting parts to get out oforder, and the hooklike character of the union is entirely concealed bythe overlying supporting-plate.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. In acast-off device for garment-supporters, the combination With the hookstruck up from sheet metal and having the curved porters, thecombination with the hook struck up from sheet metal with the curvedpassageway through the saine for the reception of the cooperatingmember, the extreme end of the hook being provided with a tongue orproject-ion coiled back on itself to form a catch projection and thebody or shank of the hook having adjacent slots therein with the metalformed into a bearing between said slots of the covering and supportingplate having the tongue passing through the slots in the shank of thehook and bent around the said bearings to form a pivotal connectionbetween the two, said covering and supporting plate being furtherprovided with an aperture for the reception of the catch projection onthe extreme end of the hook; substantially as described.

' GEORGE E. ADAMS. lVitnesses:

G. XV. TRAUT, R. A. MooRE, Jr.

